The Licking County Crime Stoppers is looking for answers to help solve a Newark burglary, and it's offering up to a $1,000 reward for anyone with information.
The incident happened between June 24th and June 27th in the 300 block of Newton Avenue. The police department says someone entered the apartment and took a shotgun, handgun, and cash.
If you have any information on this crime, you're asked to call 740-349-6888.
Newark Police charge the man responsible for the death of a reported missing Dayton man.
Sergeant Scott Snow says that 45-year old Christopher Richards of Dayton was reported missing on June 27. He was last seen in Newark where he was doing work on several properties he owns.
Thursday July 1, after four days missing, his body was found by investigators under a tarp in the back yard of 49 Madison Avenue, a property that Richards owns. During the interview process, officers spoke...
The Licking County Crime Stoppers needs the public's help in solving an aggravated robbery in Newark, and it's offering up to a $1,000 reward for anyone with information on the matter.
The incident happened around midnight on May 24th. The Newark Police Department says a suspect, displaying a gun, walked up to a man near the 200 block of West Church Street and demanded money. When the man said he didn't have any money, the suspect proceeded to hit the victim in the back of the head and...
Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information on an armed robbery at a Newark restaurant.
Newark Police report that on May 23 around 9:50 a.m. a male suspect robbed the Subway on North 21st Street.
Police say the suspect brandished a large revolver type handgun and demanded money from the two female clerks.
The suspect fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash.
The suspect is described as a white male, between 20-25 years...
Two people have been arrested in connection to a break in at a church in Newark.
According to the Licking County Sheriff's Office , 24-year-old Melissa Barton and 54-year-old Richard Hunt of Newark are in custody after admitting to breaking into the Marne United Methodist Church on Licking Valley Road on May 7th.
Authorities say the two also admitted to stealing a safe from the church that contained credit cards.
Barton and Hunt...
Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information in connection to a burglary at a Newark home where several guns were taken.
The Newark Police Department reports that between April 2nd and April 3rd someone broke into a Dewey Avenue home and stole two shotguns, a revolver, and a rifle.
Anyone with information on this crime is being urged to call the Licking County Crime Stoppers at 740-349-6888 or 1-888-488-9058.
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Licking County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information on a theft that took place at a home in Newark.
Police report the theft occurred between March 27- 29 on Conley Avenue where hundreds of dollars worth of several tools were stolen from a shed.
Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Licking County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-488-9058 or 740-349-6888.
A special coding system protects the identity of the...
Starting in the fall, students at the Newark Middle and High Schools will have to follow a dress code.
Monday night, the Board of Education unanimously approved a new dress code for the 2010/2011 school year.
Newark City Schools Director of Communications Fran Russ says the students will have the choice of wearing khaki or black pants and must wear a polo or oxford shirt that is either white, black, crimson or grey.
Russ says the...
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WP: Cole Carpenter- 5IP, 6H, 8K
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A natural gas leak caused some major problems in Newark Thursday.
It happened around 10 a.m. near the BP Station at Mount Vernon Road and Deo Drive and forced evacuations in that area.
Newark Fire Chief Jack Stickradt says the problem occurred after a natural gas line was struck by construction workers realigning Deo Drive. He says one of the contractors drilled through a high pressure natural gas line , a rather large line around 8" in...
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